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Arizona Christian University to acquire Glendale/Peoria YMCA property

Posted 5/25/21

Just two years after the Arizona Christian University’s move to its new 68-acre campus at 1 W. Firestorm Way in Glendale, ACU is expanding again this summer.

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Higher Education

Arizona Christian University to acquire Glendale/Peoria YMCA property

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Just two years after the Arizona Christian University’s move to its new 68-acre campus at 1 W. Firestorm Way in Glendale, ACU is expanding again this summer.

The university is planning to acquire the former Glendale/Peoria YMCA facility, located just across the street and south of the main campus entrance at 14711 N. 59th Ave.

Fueled by the most successful fundraising year in university history – capped by a recent major gift from the Green Fund (David and Barbara Green and family) – ACU has entered into an agreement to purchase the 5-acre property, which includes a gymnasium, fitness center, locker rooms, group workout area, lap pool and accompanying paved parking for the use of the university community.

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The gymnasium will allow ACU to host men’s and women’s volleyball practice and games, men’s and women’s basketball practices, wrestling matches, intramural sports and more. In addition, students, staff and faculty will have access to the on-site lap pool and well-equipped fitness center, which includes strength and cardio athletic training equipment.

With this acquisition, ACU’s footprint will grow to more than 73 acres.

“We are excited about the opportunities this will create for all of our students,” ACU President Len Munsil stated in a news release. “In conjunction with our brand-new football, softball, and multipurpose fields and forthcoming soccer, baseball, and sand volleyball facilities, we are beginning a new era of on-campus community and student life unlike anything in the history of the university.”